Bahrain

SOCIETY

Population: About 550,000 in early 1992, of
which 66
percent Bahrainis; 1992 growth rate 3.1 percent.

Education: Almost all children in six- to
eleven-year-
old age-group enrolled in primary school system; about
two-thirds
of all twelve- to fourteen-year-olds enrolled in
intermediate
schools.

NOTE--The Country Profile contains updated
information
as
available.

Health: Free, comprehensive public health care
system.
Two private hospitals and one military hospital. Life
expectancy
for Bahraini children born in 1990 seventy years for males
and
seventy-five years for females.

Ethnic Groups: Most Bahrainis are Arabs,
although
fairly large number of Iranian origin. Foreign residents
include
other Arabs, Iranians, Indians, Pakistanis, and small
groups of
East Asians and Europeans.